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VIII. The Malthouse—The Chat—News

           IbodeatUpperLongpuddleacrossthere"(noddingtothenorth)"tillIwereeleven.IbodesevenatKingsbere"(noddingtotheeast)"whereItooktomalting.IwenttherefromtoNorcombe,andmaltedtheretwo-and-twentyyears,and-two-and-twentyyearsIwasthereturnip-hoeingandharvesting.Ah,Iknowedthatoldplace,Norcombe,yearsaforeyouwerethoughtof,MasterOak"(Oaksmiledsincerebeliefinthefact)."ThenImaltedatDurnoverfouryear,andfouryearturnip-hoeing;andIwasfourteentimeselevenmonthsatMillpondSt.Jude’s"(noddingnorth-west-by-north)."OldTwillswouldn’thiremeformorethanelevenmonthsatatime,tokeepmefrombeingchargeabletotheparishifsobeIwasdisabled.ThenIwasthreeyearatMellstock,andI’vebeenhereone-and-thirtyyearcomeCandlemas.Howmuchisthat?"

           "Hundredandseventeen,"chuckledanotheroldgentleman,giventomentalarithmeticandlittleconversation,whohadhithertosatunobservedinacorner.

           "Well,then,that’smyage,"saidthemaltster,emphatically.

           "Ono,father!"saidJacob."Yourturnip-hoeingwereinthesummerandyourmaltinginthewinterofthesameyears,andyedon’toughttocount-bothhalves,father."

           "Chok’itall!Ilivedthroughthesummers,didn’tI?That’smyquestion.Isupposeye’llsaynextIbenoageatalltospeakof?"

           "Sureweshan’t,"saidGabriel,soothingly.

           "Yebeaveryoldagedperson,malter,"attestedJanCoggan,alsosoothingly.

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